Ecclesiastes 10:13

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What does Ecclesiastes 10:13 mean?

Ecclesiastes 10:13 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 10:13

• 1 Samuel 25:10-11

  And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

• Proverbs 29:9

  If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

• 1 Samuel 20:26-33

  Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day? And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth–lehem: And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table. …

• 1 Samuel 22:7-8

  Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

• 2 Kings 6:27

  And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

• Acts 6:9-11

  Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

• Luke 11:53-54

  And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

• John 12:10

  But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

• 1 Samuel 22:16-18

  And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house. And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord. And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

• Matthew 2:7-8

  Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

• Luke 6:2

  And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

• Judges 14:15

  And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?

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Context

• Ecclesiastes 10:12

  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

• Ecclesiastes 10:13

  The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

• Ecclesiastes 10:14

  A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

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